Top 10 Best Places to Drink in Paris

Located inside the legendary Ritz Paris, Bar Hemingway is a shrine to the famous author who helped liberate the bar during WWII. Head bartender Colin Peter Field has crafted some of the world's finest cocktails for over 25 years in an intimate wood-paneled setting filled with Hemingway memorabilia and literary history.

A World's 50 Best Bar that approaches cocktails as an art form, with concept-driven menus exploring themes from emotions to colors. The elegant Marais setting behind a small red door matches the sophistication of the drinks, with each season bringing an entirely new conceptual menu.

A taqueria by day that hides one of Paris's best speakeasies behind a secret door. The back room serves exceptional mezcal-forward cocktails in an intimate, candlelit setting that helped launch Paris's cocktail renaissance. The authentic Mexican influences create unique flavor profiles.

The bar that sparked Paris's cocktail renaissance when it opened in 2007. ECC combines Prohibition-era aesthetics with French elegance in a cozy basement setting. Their consistently excellent cocktails and warm atmosphere have spawned locations worldwide, but the original remains essential.

Dedicated exclusively to French spirits, this revolutionary cocktail bar in a graffiti-covered facade has helped revive interest in forgotten French liqueurs like Suze, Gentiane, and artisanal Calvados. A World's 50 Best Bar championing terroir in every glass.

Opened in 1911, this historic bar claims to have invented the Bloody Mary, French 75, and Sidecar. The mahogany interior transported from Manhattan remains unchanged, attracting generations of expats and cocktail lovers. The downstairs piano bar adds to the timeless charm.

From the Experimental Group, this Saint-Germain speakeasy evokes a 1920s apothecary with its medical theme and vintage decor. Cocktails are presented as prescriptions in an intimate, candlelit space perfect for conversation. Sister bar to ECC with equally excellent drinks.

The legendary Saint-Germain-des-Pres cafe where Sartre and de Beauvoir wrote philosophy over coffee. Since 1887, it has been the heart of Parisian intellectual life. Today it remains essential for experiencing the cafe culture that defined 20th-century Paris, whether for wine, champagne, or their famous hot chocolate.

Rival to Cafe de Flore, Les Deux Magots has hosted Hemingway, Picasso, and countless other artists since 1885. The name refers to two Chinese figurines inside. Famous terrace views of Saint-Germain-des-Pres church accompany excellent wines and the quintessential Parisian aperitif experience.

A beloved neighborhood wine bar and bistro from chef Yves Camdeborde, pioneer of bistronomie. The convivial zinc bar serves exceptional natural wines alongside refined French fare. Perfect for apero hour with charcuterie or a glass of burgundy in authentic Parisian style at Carrefour de l'Odeon.